I’d never seen an Apple â…¢ before; it seems really blocky compared to the â…¡ line. Also, if it’s selling for $2.3k, doesn’t that make it a $2.3k computer rather than a $15k one?

Since I can only afford second-hand systems (and even then only make the leap when the computer I have is truly beyond repair), I don’t think the frequency of my computer purchases would change if the only change was the location they were created.

I don’t think it would affect my purchase habits–I try simply to buy the best tool for the job I need to do. It so happens now that the majority of those tools are not made in the US. Some are designed in the US, particularly in a certain South Bay municipality, but some aren’t.

I actually don’t know where the Atari 800, the machine that started my love affair with computers, was manufactured. For all I know, it was in the States!